"Come on, brothers!"
At the critical moment, just when the three Sichuan Army brothers were about to die together with the Japs, reinforcements from the second platoon arrived. They fired a random shot at first, and then rushed up and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Japs again.
However, why did the second row arrive so late?
The reason is very simple. It is impossible to put so many people on the position, because just imagine, the span of the city wall is a little more than four meters at most. If a company is spread out, how long will the team be? A single shelling attack by the little Japanese can cause a large number of casualties to our army even with his eyes closed.
Therefore, whether it is the battle on the east wall or the battle on the west wall, the front-line troops are only one platoon at most. If one platoon is exhausted, then move on to the next platoon.
At this time, we are filling it with human lives, including the enemy's and our own.
It can be said that this is the kind of battle that Dragon Boat Festival is least willing to fight. Because in such a battle, many people will die.
Maybe the brother who was chatting and laughing with you one second will turn into a cold corpse the next second.
But there was no way. Dragon Boat Festival used tricks several times in the hope of deceiving the little Japanese from Bengbu City. But the little devil was not fooled at all. If they huddle in Bengbu City and don't go out, then the battle in the city will be fought sooner or later.
What's more, this beating revealed the little devil's true intention. What the little devil wants is the life of his Dragon Boat Festival and his independent regiment.
But is his Dragon Boat Festival life so easy to win?
Although he didn't want to fight in the streets, he was really cornered and he wasn't a fuel-efficient guy during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dragon Boat Festival ordered the Sichuan troops on the city wall not to be stingy with ammunition and artillery shells. Even if all the artillery shells were used up today, they would still hold back the Japanese on the city wall.
The commanding heights of the city wall will be directly related to the safety of many troops in the city.
In addition to the city wall, Duanwu asked Lu Jian to lead a regiment to replace Wang Tong's regiment and attack the Japanese head-on.
Of course, it is not a violent attack regardless of the cost, but a sheep attack to attract the attention of the Japanese. Duanwu took Wang Tong and his two battalions and quietly walked around the east city wall.
This time, the Dragon Boat Festival brought a lot of people, in order to take down the east wall in one fell swoop.
The Dragon Boat Festival will open a breakthrough here. If the east wall is taken down, they will be evenly matched with the Japs in the city, and most of the Japs in the east of the city will retreat to the north and west sides.
Just such an important position, the little devil also took it into consideration, not only increased the number of troops deployed here, but also seized two important commanding heights to the west of the east city wall early.
According to Lu Jian, who had attacked here, the Japs had at least one squadron of Japs guarding the two commanding heights.
One of them was guarding an old church. The church was as high as three stories with a steeple. The Japanese set up three machine guns on the roof of the church.
Under the church and the nearby residences, the Japanese built this place into a war fortress with bunkers connected to each other.
The entire fortress covers an area of at least more than a thousand square meters. There may be Japanese hidden in the windows and roofs of every house.
In addition to the Japs guarding the church, there was a foreign company about fifty meters across from the church.
Of course, there was no one in the foreign bank at this time, but the two-story building was occupied by another Japanese unit.
They echoed with the devils in the church, forming a crossfire. At that time, the Sichuan army wanted to seize the commanding heights of the church, but was attacked from the flank by foreign Japanese soldiers, resulting in heavy losses.
But these were all reported by Lu Jian to Duanwu. If Duanwu wanted to attack here, he would have to investigate it himself.
Dragon Boat Festival asked all the troops to hide behind, and he only took Wang Tong and a few guards to investigate.
After arriving at the predetermined location, Duanwu first observed it with a telescope and found that it was similar to what Lu Jian said. The Japs rely on two commanding heights to control the main road leading to the East City Wall. In other words, if these two commanding heights are not removed, no matter how many people you have, they will pose a threat to the Japs on the East City Wall.
What's more, the Japs still have defenders under the east city wall. The exact number is unknown, but judging from the brutality on the east wall, the Japs defenders under the wall will definitely not be less than one squadron, otherwise the Japs will continue to attack. Where do the troops come from?
So Duanwu guessed that there was at least one squadron of Japs under the east city wall.
Duanwu was thinking about countermeasures, but at this moment, Wang Tong suddenly frowned and said: "This little devil commander has two brushes. If these two commanding heights are defended, let alone the strength of our two battalions, even if they are Two regiments can’t rush through, right?”
"hehe!"
Duanwu laughed dryly, then nodded and said: "The Japanese we encountered this time are indeed different from before. They are not only cautious, but also have proper tactics. We must be more careful. Lao Wang, let your battalion attack one after another. The Japanese in the foreign trade, remember, this is a sheep attack, don't spread this whole company.
Use the nearby houses as bunkers to attract the attention of the Japanese. Then we will find a few good marksmen and aim at the windows on the east side of the foreign bank. We will fight the Japs in the church. The Japanese machine gunners of the foreign bank will definitely support this side. At this time, we will shoot his machine gunners.
Then put the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company at the intersection near the East City Wall, and be on guard against the little Japs from the East City Wall who may reinforce us when we fight against the Church Japs. And this is also a good opportunity to consume the ghost forces. Even if we can't take the east city wall, we must weaken the ghost forces on the east side of the city to a certain extent. Otherwise, the pressure on the brothers on the wall will be too great.
Okay, go ahead and arrange it. Let your 1st Battalion and 3rd Company follow me. Let's go touch the little devil's church. "
"This is too dangerous. Commissioner, let me take my brothers there, right?"
Wang Tong asked for help, but Duanwu smiled and said: "I understand your mood, but only if I go, the chance will be greater. Go! We don't have time to waste here."
Wang Tong thought for a while and said helplessly: "Yes, I'll go right away. You guys, follow the special commissioner. If the special commissioner makes any mistakes, don't come back to see me."
At this time, it was Wang Tong who issued the order to his own guard captain.
"yes!"
Guard captain Sun Desheng took the order, and then a total of five people followed Duanwu.
Duanwu looked back and saw that the five Northeastern men were very strong and must be among the elites of Wang Tong's men.
At this time, he was lacking such manpower to cooperate with him in fighting.
It is not advisable to attack from the front. If we attack from the front, there will not be enough people to fill the inside. The Japanese set up three machine guns on the church and had a very wide field of vision. And coupled with the Japs in nearby residential areas as fire support, even if the entire regiment is pressed up, let alone a company, it may not be possible to capture this commanding heights.
Therefore, if we are unable to defeat him at this time, we can only outsmart him. The Dragon Boat Festival must be like a ghost in the night, infiltrating into the devil's church, and then pulling out the nail from the inside out! ...
